Chapter 252

Section 252.07

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252.07 SHERIFF, EXPENSES.

In any county where the sheriff receives a salary in full compensation for official services performed for the county, the sheriff shall receive no additional compensation for services performed under the provisions of sections 252.06 to 252.08, but shall be reimbursed by the county wherein such person with developmental disability was committed for the necessary expenses incurred by the sheriff in taking charge of and transporting such person to a state hospital and the subsistence of the sheriff and such person while enroute.

In any county where the sheriff does not receive a salary the sheriff shall be paid $5 a day for the time necessarily employed in performance of the service, together with expenses incurred in taking charge of and transporting such person to such state hospital and the subsistence of the sheriff and such person while enroute.

When the person with developmental disability is not the same sex as the sheriff, the sheriff shall appoint some suitable person of the same sex as the person with developmental disability to act instead. The appointee shall exercise all the powers vested in the sheriff and shall be paid $5 per day for the time necessarily employed in the performance of such service, together with expenses incurred in taking charge of and transporting such person to such state hospital and the subsistence of both while enroute.